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Series: Game 1 of 3

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Oakland leads 1-0 (as of 9/20)

Game 1: Friday, September 20
Texas 2Final
Oakland 4
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Game 2: Saturday, September 21
Texas 3Final
Oakland 6
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Game 3: Sunday, September 22
Texas 5Final
Oakland 7
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Rangers 2

(70-84, 30-49 away)

Athletics 4

(97-57, 52-27 home)

10:05 PM ET, September 20, 2002

O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California 

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W: J. Mecir (6-3)

L: D. Kolb (3-5)

S: R. Rincon (1)

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Texas - Top of 1st		SCORE
Ted Lilly pitching for Oakland TEXOAK
M Young flied out to right.00
H Perry flied out to right.00
A Rodriguez struck out swinging.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 1st		SCORE
Kenny Rogers pitching for Texas TEXOAK
R Durham grounded out to second.00
M Ellis reached on infield single to second.00
M Tejada lined into double play, second to first, M Ellis doubled off first.00
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Top of 2nd		SCORE
Ted Lilly pitching for Oakland TEXOAK
R Palmeiro flied out to center.00
I Rodriguez flied out to right.00
T Greene popped out to shortstop.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 2nd		SCORE
Kenny Rogers pitching for Texas TEXOAK
E Chavez grounded out to shortstop.00
J Dye grounded out to pitcher.00
D Justice struck out swinging.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Top of 3rd		SCORE
Ted Lilly pitching for Oakland TEXOAK
K Mench grounded out to shortstop.00
J Hart popped out to shallow left.00
R Rivera fouled out to third.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 3rd		SCORE
Kenny Rogers pitching for Texas TEXOAK
R Velarde flied out to deep center.00
T Long doubled to right.00
R Hernandez doubled to right, T Long scored.01
R Durham struck out swinging.01
M Ellis singled to center, R Hernandez scored, M Ellis to second advancing on throw.02
M Tejada safe at first on error by third baseman H Perry.02
E Chavez struck out looking.02
2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors
Texas - Top of 4th		SCORE
Ted Lilly pitching for Oakland TEXOAK
M Young singled to left.02
H Perry doubled to left center, M Young scored.12
A Rodriguez flied out to right.12
R Palmeiro singled to left, H Perry scored, R Palmeiro out stretching at second.22
I Rodriguez singled to left.22
T Greene fouled out to third.22
2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 4th		SCORE
Kenny Rogers pitching for Texas TEXOAK
J Dye grounded out to shortstop.22
D Justice struck out swinging.22
R Velarde grounded out to third.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Top of 5th		SCORE
Ted Lilly pitching for Oakland TEXOAK
K Mench fouled out to third.22
J Hart struck out looking.22
R Rivera flied out to deep left.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 5th		SCORE
Kenny Rogers pitching for Texas TEXOAK
T Long singled to left.22
R Hernandez flied out to center.22
R Durham singled to center, T Long to second.22
M Ellis struck out looking.22
M Tejada grounded into fielder's choice to third, T Long out at third, R Durham to second.22
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Top of 6th		SCORE
Chad Bradford pitching for Oakland TEXOAK
C Bradford relieved T Lilly.22
M Young grounded out to shortstop.22
H Perry grounded out to second.22
A Rodriguez grounded out to second.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 6th		SCORE
Kenny Rogers pitching for Texas TEXOAK
E Chavez struck out swinging.22
J Dye struck out swinging.22
D Justice struck out swinging.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Top of 7th		SCORE
Chad Bradford pitching for Oakland TEXOAK
R Palmeiro walked.22
I Rodriguez struck out swinging.22
M Lamb hit for T Greene.22
M Lamb grounded into double play, third to second to first, R Palmeiro out at second.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 7th		SCORE
Kenny Rogers pitching for Texas TEXOAK
R Velarde grounded out to third.22
T Long grounded out to shortstop.22
R Hernandez lined out to center.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Top of 8th		SCORE
Chad Bradford pitching for Oakland TEXOAK
M Venafro relieved C Bradford.22
T Hollandsworth hit for K Mench.22
T Hollandsworth struck out swinging.22
J Mecir relieved M Venafro.22
H Blalock hit for J Hart.22
H Blalock struck out swinging.22
T Hafner hit for R Rivera.22
T Hafner doubled to left.22
D Sadler hit for M Young.22
M Young grounded out to shortstop.22
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 8th		SCORE
Dan Kolb pitching for Texas TEXOAK
T Hollandsworth in right field.22
H Blalock at third base.22
D Sadler in center field.22
D Kolb relieved K Rogers.22
H Perry in left field.22
R Durham struck out swinging.22
M Ellis walked.22
M Tejada safe at first on error by shortstop A Rodriguez, M Ellis to second, M Ellis to third, M Tejada to second on throwing error by shortstop A Rodriguez.22
E Chavez intentionally walked.22
J Dye hit sacrifice fly to center, M Ellis scored, M Tejada to third, E Chavez to second.23
J Alvarez relieved D Kolb.23
D Justice walked.23
E Byrnes ran for D Justice.23
R Velarde walked, M Tejada scored, E Chavez to third, E Byrnes to second.24
T Long lined out to shortstop.24
2 Runs, 0 Hits, 2 Errors
Texas - Top of 9th		SCORE
Ricardo Rincon pitching for Oakland TEXOAK
E Byrnes in left field.24
R Rincon relieved J Mecir.24
H Perry grounded out to third.24
A Rodriguez flied out to right.24
R Palmeiro grounded out to first.24
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors